Anyone want a decat?

When I put my 1.8T through it's MOT early this year, it just about passed the emissions and the tester had to run the engine for a good 10 minutes before the emissions where low enough for it to scrape through. I also checked the MOT history on the car and it's failed the last few MOT's on emissions, but passed the retest (Somehow)!

So the cat & manifold was replaced today. I managed to get a new cat genuine cat from ebay for just over £100 and I got a manifold for £15. One thing to note was the manifold was from a B6 1.8T & the cat had a part number which indicates it was only for a quattro version of the 1.8T. However both fitted perfectly without any modifications required.

When I ripped off the old cat I found a completely empty cat, the dam thing had been through a decat, so if anyone want a free decat, cat! then then send me a PM, the only cost would be the postage. However you may find it difficult to pass the emission tests in the future.

Just bought the downpipe and cat from cats to u on ebay too £100 delivered excellent value considering local tyre exhaust fitters up here wanted £340 fitted for it!! Manage to get a centre section and back box also for it on ebay for £100 delivered from Germany, so front cat middle and back box all cost £200 delivered to ma front door, then I got same company who quoted £340 for front & cat to fit them for me for £100

I had already replaced the downpipe, got one from a VW dealers in Leeds, as the flexi section had almost completely failed. Would be interested to see how long aftermarket system lasts as you can easy get over 100K miles & 12 years from an OEM system.

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